Punjab Municipal polls: Turnout 75 per cent, youth shot dead

Chandigarh: A youth was shot dead as stray violence today marred the Municipal Corporation elections in Punjab which witnessed a high voter turnout of nearly 75 per cent.

The polls, the first trial of strength between the ruling SAD and the opposition Congress after the assembly election in January this year, were held for Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Amritsar Municipal Corporations.